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Cognition, attitude, practice toward health checkup and associated factors among urban residents in southwest China, Sichuan province, 2022: a community-based study.
- Source :
- Journal of Public Health (09431853); Jun2024, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p955-966, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Aim: Research on the health checkup status of urban residents in Southwest China is limited. In this study, we aimed to investigate the current status of health checkups and explore their influencing factors by analyzing the cognition, attitudes, and practices of urban residents in Southwest China. Methods: We sampled 1200 urban residents for a questionnaire survey. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 23, and logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the factors affecting cognition, attitudes, and practices regarding health checkups. A P value < 0.05 was used to identify variables significantly associated with the outcome variable. Results: Overall, 29% of the residents understood the importance of health checkups. The main ways urban residents acquire health-related knowledge are through the use of mobile media and medical staff health education. Only 40% of residents had undergone a regular checkup. Health self-assessment, economic reasons, and time are the factors that interfere with urban residents' health checkups. Logistic regression analysis showed that occupation status, educational background, self-assessed health status, exercise status, and monthly income level were the common influencing factors of health checkup cognition and planning. Whether residents had participated in a medical checkup program was also related to sex and age. Conclusions: Urban residents in Southwest China generally had a high willingness to undergo physical examinations, but there were differences in knowledge and practice; at the same time, residents lacked understanding of respiratory assessments. Improving the health literacy of medical staff, strengthening urban residents' health education, and enhancing the utilization rate of health checkups in urban residents are necessary and urgent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HEALTH literacy
CROSS-sectional method
SELF-evaluation
HEALTH attitudes
HEALTH status indicators
EXERCISE
RESEARCH funding
CONSUMER attitudes
QUESTIONNAIRES
INTERVIEWING
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
ECONOMIC status
PHYSICAL fitness
MEDICAL screening
DATA analysis software
COGNITION
TIME
EMPLOYMENT
EDUCATIONAL attainment
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09431853
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Public Health (09431853)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178046302
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01883-8